Chiviya Surname
Approximately 712 people bear this surname
Chiviya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Zambia | 247 | 1:64,170 | 5,719 |
| Zimbabwe | 104 | 1:148,445 | 18,938 |
| Namibia | 8 | 1:301,175 | 10,197 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chiviya (21) may also be a first name.
Chiviya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiviya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiviya (Hindi: चीविया, Russian: Чивия) occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chiviya.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiviya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 471,234th most widely held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 10,235,317 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chiviya reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chiviya is also the 2,368,944th most frequent given name in the world, held by 21 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Not including Malawi it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 35 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chiviya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chiviya in the Hindi language | ||
| चीविया | civiya | - |
| Chiviya in the Russian language | ||
| Чивия | civia | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chiviya
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